Region2 Volume10 - Now on iTunes

For those that didn’t manage to get a hard copy last Friday Region2 Volume10 mixed by Gazzmann & Dave Oliver is now available to download on iTunes and will also be shortly added to Mixcloud and Soundcloud for those more into their streaming. Enjoy.

Free CD Give-away this Friday!

To celebrate our 7th Birthday on Friday we will be giving away copies of Region2 Volume10 as mixed by our resident DJs Gazzmann & Dave Oliver. These will be handed out on the night so simply ask the DJ for a copy. They will be limited so it’s first come first served. Don’t miss out and get down from 9pm at Sotano to grab yours!

Pints of View - Hopping On (From York Press)
GAVIN AITCHISON has seen and swallowed the future of beer and it works
PERHAPS this is how it will end up. Perhaps this is a glimpse into the future of drinking, once the anti-beer lobby, the politicians and the health totalitarians have finally won the day.
When pubs have gone the way of police boxes and post offices, and when ordering a beer in public draws widespread disdain, this is where we diehards will be – driven underground, into small cellar bars, enjoying our guilty pleasures where busybodies won’t think to look. It will be like the States during prohibition, but we’ll have the last laugh because we’ll be enjoying the best beer our dirty money can buy. Demonised but spoilt rotten.
Sotano, down a flight of stairs off Little Stonegate in York city centre, is as far from your stereotypical York pub as you could imagine. There is no history here; no vintage photographs or hackneyed ghost stories on the walls; no traditional pub grub; no falsified past. And no real ale.
The place feels more modern, more unusual and more continental than almost anywhere in York. It wouldn’t be out of place in a capital like Prague or Tallinn. The lights are low, the décor minimalist and the bar sleek and chic, the beer lines carried into position in a vast pipeline that hangs from above. The ambience is unique, the service is excellent and, best of all, the beer is extraordinary.
In fact, everything here was a hit – and it doesn’t cost the earth. When we were given a free tray of nuts and nibbles, we feared they may be compensatory rather than complementary – to soften the blow of a bill that we feared must be high. But no. Six beers and a cider came to £26.65 – more than you may want to pay on an average night out at the pub, but very reasonable for drinks rarely seen and rarely bettered in York.

Another great write-up for our venue. But don’t take ours or their word for it, come on down this Friday for Region2’s 7th Birthday and try out the amazing drinks selection, service and of course our cracking Underground House Music for youself, what more could you want?

Pints of View - Hopping On (From York Press)

GAVIN AITCHISON has seen and swallowed the future of beer and it works

PERHAPS this is how it will end up. Perhaps this is a glimpse into the future of drinking, once the anti-beer lobby, the politicians and the health totalitarians have finally won the day.

When pubs have gone the way of police boxes and post offices, and when ordering a beer in public draws widespread disdain, this is where we diehards will be – driven underground, into small cellar bars, enjoying our guilty pleasures where busybodies won’t think to look. It will be like the States during prohibition, but we’ll have the last laugh because we’ll be enjoying the best beer our dirty money can buy. Demonised but spoilt rotten.

Sotano, down a flight of stairs off Little Stonegate in York city centre, is as far from your stereotypical York pub as you could imagine. There is no history here; no vintage photographs or hackneyed ghost stories on the walls; no traditional pub grub; no falsified past. And no real ale.

The place feels more modern, more unusual and more continental than almost anywhere in York. It wouldn’t be out of place in a capital like Prague or Tallinn. The lights are low, the décor minimalist and the bar sleek and chic, the beer lines carried into position in a vast pipeline that hangs from above. The ambience is unique, the service is excellent and, best of all, the beer is extraordinary.

In fact, everything here was a hit – and it doesn’t cost the earth. When we were given a free tray of nuts and nibbles, we feared they may be compensatory rather than complementary – to soften the blow of a bill that we feared must be high. But no. Six beers and a cider came to £26.65 – more than you may want to pay on an average night out at the pub, but very reasonable for drinks rarely seen and rarely bettered in York.

Another great write-up for our venue. But don’t take ours or their word for it, come on down this Friday for Region2’s 7th Birthday and try out the amazing drinks selection, service and of course our cracking Underground House Music for youself, what more could you want?

(Source: yorkpress.co.uk)